Jackals in the night,
Prowling
Spiders on feet
Biting and
Gnawing
Leashed lepers and pawns
Crowding morgues
Ten bodies in
Autumn lawns
They burnt down
The city
Lightning crashed
Into parks
And theme shows
Thunder collapsed
And houses were
Washed away
The gods were angry
The hunter tracked
His prey
Wolves
Lions
Like a cat
Sprung upon the
New beast
He admired leopards
And liked to fly alone
A sacred duality
In his swoop
His eyes were as
Arrows
Attacking
And stinging the air
He became a symbol of power
After a short trip
And being drawn
To a cemetery
I wondered to a house
Where families are murdered
The thought and sound of
Silence
Kept in check all of
The secret desires
To destroy an empire
Without a home
Without a family
Wandering aimlessly in the desert sun
Skulking vultures overhead
He left his home
He left his family
Intentions of revolt
And reckless self-indulgence
She left her home
She left her family
To find the way out
And up
This is not my home
This is not my family
I stay under a roof
That despises my pulse
And breath
This is an excuse to find
Wealth in caves
On the shores
Filth
Pouring
Open your wounds
Take it all in
Beneath an angry sun
A new beast climbs your back
You can’t do anything
Let him claw
He’s coming for you
Like a dog to the bone
You have no legs
Ever since you kicked at the fire
Just one more
Open up
Take it all
You know you like it
Your dark reasons
Are obedient
And easily
Thrown aside
You think that I like it
You think your pale chrome
Hides and disfigures the truth
Thinking was never your
Strong point
If I wasn’t so tired
I’d take him to your house
Open your gate
And let him inside
But now I’m strapped down
And sleeping
I am the jackal spider,
The provider and misguider
Come with me on this quest
Where we will never rest
Sleep now,
We ride at dawn
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